Please, if you make a game, DON'T assume everyone plays on full screen or the default window size... There are a lot of people with a lot of different monitor sizes. Some people will want to play in window mode at 2x or 3x of the default window size. Don't be like this

I might have to focus on a lot of art from now on, since the code is mostly done… Now that I don’t have to focus as much, any recommendations for series or something to have on in the background to listen to while I work? (Usually I have gamedev interviews in YT, but looking for something else!)

Let’s see what comes out of this first character design to put into the game… What do you think it might be? Character, story... What kind of character do you think she is? #gamedev #indiedev #characterdesign #pixelart

One thing I've learned from indie game dev, is there is some massive disrespect out there for the art of coding There are lots of people who think "just slap shit together until it works" or "ai slop is fine if it's in code" because engines make it easier now Then they complain about optimization

Adding more people to my list of "Artists I might hire in the future" because... well, I guess the time to make some requests is getting closer!

Today is the last day that you can repost this image

Following this for sure! And hopefully, next year I'll be able to start a related project... so super useful for inspiration and who knows, maybe for hiring!

Tifa

I think my resolutions for 2026 will be start showing what I can of my game(s)... Will I be able...? 😅

Seriously considering not buying anything else from Humble...

I'm noticing that the direction where technology is headed is taking a toll on me: AI for everything, shortage of everything, stress everywhere, ... Plus housing prices rising, inflation, ... But again, I know is the same for (almost) everyone Can't we just go back to the 90s-2000s? :3

Busy to the extent of not being able to finish one shader in the last two weeks 😭

Today I don't know but I was wondering... and I'd appreciate answers from those who like Animal Crossing: What do you like from AC games? Is it the graphics? The cuteness? The collectibles? The relationship with the town people? Customizing the island? The house? What? :)

Today I don't know but I was wondering... and I'd appreciate answers from those who like Animal Crossing: What do you like from AC games? Is it the graphics? The cuteness? The collectibles? The relationship with the town people? Customizing the island? The house? What? :)

400mb of internet data in one day used just by browsing news. I hate modern websites. Mostly add that auto load videos. Wtf... Are we crazy???

Curious about how do you guys manage the workflow of creating textures for 3d models and managing/updating them in a maintainable way. Do you work directly in the atlas? Do you work in single textures and use some tool like TP to pack them on build time? Please let me know!

Half of the time I search for Japanese games in Japanese in Steam they never come up, but if I search from google there's no problem. Steam is broken out of English lol

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Damn that was long...

My game is for ANIMAL CROSSING FANS, algorithm PLEASE FIND THEM! My game is for ANIMAL CROSSING FANS, algorithm PLEASE FIND THEM! My game is for ANIMAL CROSSING FANS, algorithm PLEASE FIND THEM! My game is for ANIMAL CROSSING FANS, algorithm PLEASE FIND THEM!

In the middle of trying to create a semi-final image for the background of the options screen...

Donut tabehōdai at Mr. Donut: 2,000yen 1 hour... With an average of ~187 yen/donut it means you have to eat 1 donut every 6 minutes. I'm too old for this shit 🤣 Not worth it for me anymore 😭

I came to bsky for indie game stuff, and somehow my timeline ended being political, again 😭

I miss all the jungle tracks from the PSX1 era. No games featuring that kind of music anymore? They were awesome. The UT99 OST is superb

I’ve been using the logger addon I built recently as a shared module, and it’s been pretty stable and feature-complete so far — so I’ll be releasing v1.0.0 soon! I’ll use this thread to share things I’ve learned about the #Godot ecosystem. github.com/hanpeki/hanp...

I've been playing Cornerpond for a while now and I finally was able to understand the charm of the idle games. I never have time to play anymore cuz I'm developing or busy doing whatever... but having this in the background kind of gives me the sensation that I'm playing nevertheless 😅

Uhm... I'm seeing that using the Globals that #godot provide has a catch (who would have thought, using global variables!) I think I prefer having only ONE global to provide global access, and then have that provide the others as instance members. It helps with memory management and memory leaks...

Hi #indiedev world! How do you test your games? I'm writing a small function to go over all my script actions and evaluate every possible branching option with backtracking... Is it overkill? I don't know, but not having consistency or automatic checks is scary to me!! #gamedev #solodev #godot

If you use the logger in your game and it has a page (Steam, itchio...) tell me and I'll add it to the list of featured users in the main page of the library! Or, feel free to ask for support! I'm happy to help with its usage 😁 (tho, probably is simple enough)

The material bought today for inspiration...

Just released the v1.0.0-rc.2 of the HanpekiLogger I don't think any other logger library in godot has as many features and configuration, and probably not as much love put into it 😉 I want it to become the de-facto standard when using #godot, so feedback is welcome! #gamedev #solodev #indiedev

Seeing that there's no "proper" tool to generate technical documentation from #godot source files (i.e. like doxygen/javadocs/etc.), it's tempting to create my own! Probably will do in the future! But for now, I'll just write the API for the logger lib in markdown

The other day I bought some material for art and style inspiration... Anyone interested? #art #retro #anime #indiedev #gamedev #japan

I've been coding the whole Sunday but, omg sometimes a break for relaxing is needed... ... Ok, 5min done. Back to work 😅 #solodev #indiedev #gamedev

Stepping "aside" of the game dev to focus on this addon is going super well as it's helping me to know the "Godot ways" in Unit Testing, linting, tooling and ICD with GitHub actions. Something I want to integrate for sure on the main repo. I'll keep updating on this but you can just check the repo

Is there any way in #godot to avoid `assert(false)` calls to stop the execution? I'm trying to write unit tests via GUT and I'd like to test invalid input/params ーlike I'd do with "throws()" in JavaScriptー by using `assert_engine_error`, but the engine stopping every time doesn't help...

I'm super silent lately but... I just created a Logger library for #Godot (yep, another one to the list) tailored for my needs and the way I want to use it. Basically, based on Winston for JS, with custom transports and namespaces... github.com/hanpeki/hanp... #indiedev #gamedev #solodev

The level of detail put in Dandadan is a-ma-zing!

It's been a super long month... but we're back in development everyone!!!

Just watched Pirates of the Caribbean 🏴‍☠️ after mmmmpffff years. And yes, now I have the urge to re-play the original Monkey Island... again 🐒

Starting a new job in the middle of crunch time, processing visa paperwork and moving homes, all of that at the same time... maybe was not the best idea. I don't know if I'm gonna survive 😅 Send help!

I installed Linux again on an old small Optiplex to set up a simple server at home for stuff and testing (just a simple debian+xfce)... and damn it's fun playing with Linux. It's been ages since I used it as my main OS 😭

It's been *ages* since I had to touch jumpers for anything. Glad they are still useful.

Went to my previous house to finish the last touches of the moving 📦 and come back to the new place by a nice 40min bicycle ride... 🚲 Only to find out I forgot my bicycle keys... 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ I'm a master of my own art.

My super power is arriving at the train station 20 seconds after the train leaves.

No cheating, post your lock screen.

Sometimes I feel the weight of everything it takes to build the game I have in mind. Every tiny task for every detail I imagine… and there are thousands... Can't but wonder if I’ll ever finish it 😭 But every small step forward feels like a blessing, like a win. #solodev #indiegame #gamedev

By the way, yesterday I spent almost the whole day preparing this first devlog (delayed task from 6months ago 😅) I also created this account to centralize my "official" game announcements. Please check it and see if you could be interested 🙌🙇‍♂️ #indiegamwe #solodev #indiedev

Today's my first day in a new job... Wish me luck. I hope I survive 😅